Exodus 2:5

And behold the daughter of Pharao came down to wash herself in the river: and her maids walked by the river's brink. And when she saw the basket in the sedges, she sent one of her maids for it: and when it was brought,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

In Context

4His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done.

6She opened it and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:20The Lord also said to Moses: Arise early, and stand before Pharao: for he will go forth to the waters: and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Let my people go to sacrifice to me.

Psalms 9:9and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

Psalms 46:1Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden.

Proverbs 21:1As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.

Jonah 2:10But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:2-5

The Birth of Moses. ( b. c. 1571.) 1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. Moses was a… Read the whole commentary →

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